iPhone Prototypes: What Could Have Been?

iPhone Prototypes

Prototypes of Apple's iPhones appeared in court documents for its case against Samsung, which it says copied Apple's concepts for its own devices. The prototype above resembles one of the first iPhones marketed.

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iPhone Prototypes

Prototypes of Apple's iPhones appeared in court documents for its case against Samsung, which it says copied Apple's concepts for its own devices. The prototype above resembles one of the first iPhones marketed.

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iPhone Prototypes

This early prototype bears a striking similarity to the design of some of the original iPods.

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iPhone Prototypes

This prototype is pictured with the iOS Safari browser on its screen.

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iPhone Prototypes

"We were confident that the phone we were developing was going to be distinct and beautiful," Jonny Ive, Apple's lead designer, said in a deposition in the case.

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iPhone Prototypes

Not only did Apple's view of the hardware change, but so did its view of the software. Check out the change in app icons.

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iPhone Prototypes

This model is marked n90, which was rumored in 2009 to be the code name of the iPhone 4.

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iPhone Prototypes

"Steve Jobs and I had multiple conversations about the design of the first iPhone," Apple design chief Jonny Ive said during his deposition.

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iPhone Prototypes

An iPhone prototype with eight sides. We can only imagine what Apple's marketing taglines might have been for this one.

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iPhone Prototypes

Another iPhone mockup that looks very similar to the final design for the iPhone 4.

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iPhone Prototypes

One of the CAD (computer-aided design) designs featured in Apple's court filings in its case against Samsung.